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Unit 1 - Module 3: The Scientific Method
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- 1Unit One - Module 3 The Scientific MethodThe Scientific Method
- 2scientific methodA self-correcting process for asking questions and observing nature's answers
- 3peer reviewersScientific experts who evaluate a research article's theory, originality, and accuracy.
- 4theoryAn explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviours or events.
- 5hypothesisa testable prediction, often implied by a theory.
- 6falsifiableThe possibility that an idea, hypothesis, or theory can be disproven by observation or experiment.
- 7operational definitionDefining a concept in terms of how you plan to measure that concept.
This is done using a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study. - 8replicationRepeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations to see whether the basic findings can be reproduced.
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